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Palestinian girl in a protest on Nakba Day 2010 in al-Khaleel (Hebron), West Bank. Her sign says “Surely we will return, Palestine.” Source: Shy halatzi – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10378484 Hussein Hoballah ٍSada al-Mashrek’s Editor-in-chief Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is constantly making statements on many different incidents and events and offering congratulations on

Karl Nerenberg May 8, 2017 POLITICS IN CANADA Image: Karl Nerenberg The Trudeau government’s commitment to refugees is inconsistent and, at times, hypocritical. It can be justly proud of opening the doors to Syrian refugees and restoring the health care for all refugees and asylum seekers that the Harper government cut. And while they have

Hussein Hoballah Sada al-Mashrek’s Editor-in-Chief Following the Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack that killed tens of victims, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last Monday, the 10th of April, walked along Juno Beach, where Canadian soldiers had sacrificed their lives in confrontation with the Nazi peril during World War 2. Trudeau attacked Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, saying

Karl Nerenberg April 14, 2017 Main short-term physical effects of cannabis; source: By Mikael Häggström – All used images are in public domain., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5775703 What if provinces try to undermine legalization? Journalists wondered what the federal government would do if some provinces were to try an end run around legalization by setting the

Karl Nerenberg April 14, 2017 Image: Karl Nerenberg The Trudeau government wants you to know that it does not want to encourage people to use marijuana. To make that point clear, on Thursday, when the government tabled legislation to legalize marijuana, it also introduced new, tough penalties for drug and alcohol impaired driving and for

Linda McQuaig April 13, 2017 POLITICS IN CANADA US POLITICS WORLD Trump receives a briefing on a military strike on Syria from his National Security team; photo source: By Shealah Craighead – https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/04/07/photo-day-april-7-2017, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57795087 Now that Donald Trump has proven himself presidential by bombing a Syrian airbase, I guess we can all

US President Donald Trump meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House, Photo Courtesy: By Office of the President of the United States – @realDonaldTrump on Twitter, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56254370; (Created on 13 Feb 2017) Duncan Cameron April 4, 2017 POLITICS IN CANADA Scottish parliamentary committees function harmoniously when compared to the U.K.

Duncan Cameron April 4, 2017 POLITICS IN CANADA When heading a minority government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper prorogued parliament on two occasions to avoid defeat. When his government was found in contempt of parliament for failing to reveal costs of new fighter bombers the transgression did not hurt his political fortunes. Shortly thereafter, in